diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Command/ConfigurationCommandController.php b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Command/ConfigurationCommandController.php
index eff6eb51e9..bae65afd2d 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Command/ConfigurationCommandController.php
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Command/ConfigurationCommandController.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public function showCommand(string $type = 'Settings', string $path = '', int $d
                 $this->outputLine('<b>Configuration "%s" was empty!</b>', [$typeAndPath]);
                 return;
             }
-            $configuration = self::truncateArrayAtDepth($configuration, $depth);
+            $configuration = is_array($configuration) ? self::truncateArrayAtDepth($configuration, $depth) : $configuration;
             $yaml = Yaml::dump($configuration, 99);
             $this->outputLine('<b>Configuration "%s":</b>', [$typeAndPath]);
             $this->outputLine();